Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Test Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Test Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £384, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 102 99
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 14 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.84% 0.14% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.15% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £325 £488 £387
25th Percentile £347 £493 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £504 £517
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% -2.61% +27.65%
75th Percentile £503 £512 £538
90th Percentile £550 £515 £600
England median daily rate £400 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +13.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,538 1,301 1,943
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 90.35% 95.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 758 1,276
10th Percentile £255 £250 £239
25th Percentile £382 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.43% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 56 33
10th Percentile £17.48 £14.86 £13.92
25th Percentile £19.85 £16.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.89%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £41.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Analyst in Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Yorkshire - 11 £392 - 1
West Yorkshire -8 2 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 £363 - 1
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Test Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) JIRA
2 10 (71.43%) API Testing
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
2 10 (71.43%) CyberArk
2 10 (71.43%) Privileged Access Management
2 10 (71.43%) SoapUI
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) CI/CD
3 9 (64.29%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (64.29%) Postman
3 9 (64.29%) Scrum
3 9 (64.29%) Security Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Test Management
4 8 (57.14%) BeyondTrust
4 8 (57.14%) Cloud Security
4 8 (57.14%) DevSecOps
4 8 (57.14%) GCP
4 8 (57.14%) Google
4 8 (57.14%) Kanban
4 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (57.14%) Thycotic
5 7 (50.00%) AWS
5 7 (50.00%) CISM
5 7 (50.00%) CISSP
5 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
6 5 (35.71%) GDPR
6 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (35.71%) NIST

Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) GCP
3 7 (50.00%) AWS
4 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) BigQuery
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) JIRA
2 10 (71.43%) SoapUI
3 9 (64.29%) Postman
4 3 (21.43%) Selenium
5 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
5 1 (7.14%) JMeter
5 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
5 1 (7.14%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (7.14%) ADO
2 1 (7.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) FMCG
1 1 (7.14%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) API Testing
1 10 (71.43%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) CI/CD
2 9 (64.29%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (64.29%) Scrum
2 9 (64.29%) Security Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Test Management
3 8 (57.14%) Cloud Security
3 8 (57.14%) DevSecOps
3 8 (57.14%) Kanban
3 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Manual Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CISM
1 7 (50.00%) CISSP
1 7 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) GDPR
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (35.71%) NIST
1 5 (35.71%) PCI DSS
2 3 (21.43%) QA
3 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) CyberArk
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (57.14%) Google
3 8 (57.14%) Thycotic
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle